I know this is going to sound like "the dog ate my homework" but that's life....
A few minutes ago, one of my cats stepped on my laptop keyboard while I had it on the bed. The computer immediately started "talking to me", as in reading the menus and so forth. It's *massively* distracting since I don't need this but I'm having a heck of a time trying to figure out how to turn it off. In order to retain my sanity, I've temporarily muted the laptop so I can hear myself think to write this but I'm looking for a good solution to the problem.
Wow! I think I got it. I noticed an unfamiliar icon on the task bar and it was for Narrator; one of the options was Exit so I clicked that. When I turned the volume to its normal position, the computer did NOT talk to me, exactly as desired.
But I still have one question: what key combination turned Narrator on in the first place? I'm guessing the cat stepped on CTRL-ALT-something to turn on Narrator. I'm not sure why I'm asking since it was totally a fluke that it happened; just curious I suppose.
I suppose it's a good thing that people who need it can do a simple key combination to activate Narrator rather than having to navigate through various Control Panel windows but it was really aggravating to have the cat do it inadvertently especially since the technique for turning it off was not very intuitive. I eventually figured out that I wanted the Ease of Access Center (which is an unfamiliar name to me; I can't remember the name from previous versions of Windows) but even that panel only seemed to offer a way to *start* Narrator but not stop it.
A few minutes ago, one of my cats stepped on my laptop keyboard while I had it on the bed. The computer immediately started "talking to me", as in reading the menus and so forth. It's *massively* distracting since I don't need this but I'm having a heck of a time trying to figure out how to turn it off. In order to retain my sanity, I've temporarily muted the laptop so I can hear myself think to write this but I'm looking for a good solution to the problem.
Wow! I think I got it. I noticed an unfamiliar icon on the task bar and it was for Narrator; one of the options was Exit so I clicked that. When I turned the volume to its normal position, the computer did NOT talk to me, exactly as desired.
But I still have one question: what key combination turned Narrator on in the first place? I'm guessing the cat stepped on CTRL-ALT-something to turn on Narrator. I'm not sure why I'm asking since it was totally a fluke that it happened; just curious I suppose.
I suppose it's a good thing that people who need it can do a simple key combination to activate Narrator rather than having to navigate through various Control Panel windows but it was really aggravating to have the cat do it inadvertently especially since the technique for turning it off was not very intuitive. I eventually figured out that I wanted the Ease of Access Center (which is an unfamiliar name to me; I can't remember the name from previous versions of Windows) but even that panel only seemed to offer a way to *start* Narrator but not stop it.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS K55N
- CPU
- AMD A8-4500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.90 GHz
- Motherboard
- not sure
- Memory
- 8.00 GB installed, 7.46 GB usuable
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon
- Sound Card
- not sure
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Built-in laptop screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
- one 750 GB
- PSU
- Not sure
- Case
- Not sure
- Cooling
- Not sure
- Keyboard
- Built in to laptop
- Mouse
- None; I use the touchpad
- Internet Speed
- 6 Mbps down, 0.25 Mbps up
- Browser
- current versions of Firefox, Chrome and IE
- Antivirus
- Avast Free
- Other Info
- I *think* many of the questions to which I've answered "not sure" are irrelevant because it is a laptop but if you need to know specifically what model of cooling fans or keyboard or whatever where built in to the laptop, I can try to find that out if you tell me where to look. I don't see this information in the Windows/System display but maybe it is elsewhere. I'm not sure what a "PSU" is: Powe